[May 02, 2006]

The following year-end dividend per share for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, was determined at a meeting of the Board of Directors on April 27, 2006. The resolution for the year-end dividend will be submitted at the 52nd annual general meeting of shareholders in late June of 2006.

Object of upward revision of dividend

A Group's Three-year Mid-term Business Plan (YAS Global Challenge) was launched, which commenced in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006. The plan implements a variety of measures to enhance marketing and management bases for the group as a whole. As a result of a comprehensive consideration of revenue projections for the full- year, and to reward shareholders for their support, the year-end dividend shall be revised to 20 yen, and the annual ordinary dividend per share shall be increased to 30 yen.

Detail of revision

	Previous Forecast (Announced on November 10, 2005)	Revised Forecast	Previous results (for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005)
Interim dividend per share	10.0 yen	10.0 yen	7.50 yen
Year-end dividend per share	10.0 yen	20.0 yen	22.5 yen (The figure includes commemorative dividends of 5 yen for the 50th anniversary of the corporate foundation and listing on the TSE, respectively)
Annual dividend per share	20.0 yen	30.0 yen	30.0 yen

• *The interim dividend of 10 yen per share had been paid.

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